HS Chapter 50

Silk

7 headings · 9 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.

Heading 5001 Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling 1 codes Heading 5002 Raw silk (not thrown) 1 codes Heading 5003 Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock) 1 codes Heading 5004 Silk; yarn (other than yarn spun from silk waste), not put up for retail sale 1 codes Heading 5005 Yarn spun from silk waste, not put up for retail sale 1 codes Heading 5006 Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste, put up for retail sale; silk-worm gut 1 codes Heading 5007 Woven fabrics of silk or of silk waste 3 codes

Recorded imports

Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 8,293,440 (43,053 kg) under this chapter, across 3 of its 9 tariff lines. The remaining 6 recorded no commercial import in that window.

Month	Lines with imports	Net weight	Assessable value
December 2025	3	5,101 kg	BDT 1,111,454
January 2026	2	8,606 kg	BDT 2,039,146
February 2026	3	13,718 kg	BDT 3,099,798
March 2026	1	6,000 kg	BDT 976,267
April 2026	3	4,056 kg	BDT 423,465
May 2026	3	5,572 kg	BDT 643,310

The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:

50030000 — Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted — BDT 609,568
50072000 — Woven Fabrics Of Silk, Containing >=85% Silk Or Of Silk Waste — BDT 31,033
50020000 — Raw Silk (Not Thrown) — BDT 2,709

Bonded imports. A further BDT 55,888,700 (54,932 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 87.1% of everything imported under this chapter: most of this trade never pays the duty rates shown above.

Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial, IM-7 bonded), December 2025 – May 2026. Assessable value is the customs value on which duty is charged, not the retail or invoice price.

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